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Hey everybody! I'm very interested in libertarian and conservative "pro-constitution" ideas, but i have some problems with some thoughts in the movement(s), the anti-environmentalism for example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoP4SPd2Gs http://www.resistingthegreendragon.com/ They're...
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Hey everyone, so this is my first post. i've written my ideas in essay form because other people are likely to read it and i don't like changing the introduction around. hope you enjoy and try at answering my questions. although i think the likely hood is that you will disagree with at least...
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What environmental regulations cause more harm to the environment than good? I am guessing their are tons of regulations, international, federal, state, or even local, that attempt to protect the environment, but whose policies cause detrimental effects to the environment.
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Next will come the attacks on Big Meat. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/sep/07/food.foodanddrink
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On the other hand I wonder why some people are obsessed with trying to come up with 'libertarian' solutions for non-problems, instead of, say, coming up with ideas to drastically limit, or abolish government. Juan, the focus of Austrian economics with relation to environmental conflict is a problem...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere : "anthropogenic global warming is a manufactured issue, selected specifically for its ability to slough off `libertarian approaches.`" While I respect your suspicions (as I have repeatedly acknowledged, unfortunately with a big government politics...
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"] Whether or not global warming is a fact of the matter, Austrians should be discussing libertarian approaches to it, so that should the evidence ultimately be found in favour of GW, we have a ready response to silence those who'd rather use the heavy hand of coercion...
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[quote user="Juan"]There are enviromental ideologues who indeed oppose human freedom. There are people who are in it for the money, for instance, the ones involved in the ethanol scam. The mass media and mainstream 'scientists' also are highly motivated by profits. And a part of the...
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[quote user="Donny with an A"] [...] The important consideration is how concentrations of CO2 have changed over time. Atmospheric CO2 trends since the industrial revolution have not correlated with atmospheric temperature, and the proportion of isotopes of CO2 in the atmosphere does not match...
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First, you must know that I subscribe to the property theory laid out in "The Ethics of Liberty" by Murray Rothbard. Once someone mixes their labor with material from nature, they own it, and may do what they want with it (provided it does not infringe on others' property rights). My question...